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RESOLUTION NO. 83-420
2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO SUPPORTING
REISSUANCE TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY OF HYDROELECTRIC
3 FACILITY LICENSES BY FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The Mayor and Common Council find:
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(a) Southern California Edison Company currently owns
8 and operates twenty-one hydroelectric projects in the state of
9 California under licensing of the Federal Energy Regulatory
10 Commission or its predecessors, some of which facilities are
11 currently due for relicensing, with others due for relicensing in
12 the near future.
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(b) The state's limited hydroelectric generating
14 facilities and resources, including reservoirs and water projects,
15 should be utilized to provide the maximum benefit to the maximum
16 number of people.
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(c) To permit one or two small cities to receive
18 favored treatment and to be granted the licensing instead of
19 Southern California Edison Company would grant the citizens of
20 those few small communities disproportionate benefits from the
21 state's hydroelectric generating resources, and deprive the
22 benefits of such resources to the millions of citizens otherwise
23 served by Southern California Edison Company.
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(d) Because the fuel cost of generating electricity for
25 hydro-generated power is zero cents per kilowatt hour, and since,
26 for the twelve month period ending in October, 1983, the fuel cost
27 of the electricity generation per kilowatt hour for steam
28 generated electricity using oil and gas amounted to 5.65 cents per
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1 kilowatt hour, for coal generated steam plants the fuel cost of
2 generation was 1.01 cents per kilowatt hour and the fuel cost for
3 nuclear generation was 3.79 cents per kilowatt hour, averaging in
4 the approximate ten percent of hydro-generated power for the
5 twelve months ending October, 1983, results in a substantial
6 savings in overall cost of energy for the millions of customers of
7 Southern California Edison Company. Without the hydro-generation,
8 the energy rate for Southern California Edison Company generated
9 power would rise substantially. Even recognizing that the 10~2%
10 of electricity generated during, the twelve months ending in
11 October, 1983, is not representative due to the high level of
12 water availability during the past twelve months, even the usual
13 seven percent hydro-generation for Southern California Edison
14 Company substantially reduces the overall cost of electric energy
15 to the millions of customers of Southern California Edison
16 Company.
17 (e) To grant the benefits of the lower cost energy
18 solely 'to the'limited number of citizens served by a few municipal
19 operations would be contrary to the public interest.
20 SECTION 2. Implementation.
21 (a) The City of San Bernardino hereby supports Southern
22 California Edison Company in its request for reissuance of
23 licensing for the hydro-generation facilities presently due for
24 relicensing, and urges the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission tc
25 grant to Southern California Edison Company new licenses extendinc
26 well into the future for its existing hydro-generating facilities.
27 The benefits of low cost energy should be spread among the maximun
28 number of citizens of the state, and this can best be done by
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1 relicensing the existing hydro-generating facilities of Southern
2 California Edison Company to Southern California Edison Company.
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(b) The City Clerk is authorized and directed to send a
4 copy of this resolution to the Federal Energy Regulatory
5 commission in Washington, D.C., Congressman Jerry Lewis, Senator
6 Alan Cranston, Senator Pete Wilson, the League of California
7 Cities and other agencies deemed appropriate by the City Clerk. A
8 copy shall also be provided to Southern California Edison Company.
9 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
10 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
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Bernardino at a
regular
meeting thereof, held on
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the
5th day of
December
, 1983, by the following vote,
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AYES:
Council Members
Castaneda Reill
Hernandez
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~~arks 1 Quiel, Frazi er Strickler
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NAYS:
None
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ABSENT:
None
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City Clerk
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of
December
, 1983.
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved t .
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Approved as to form:
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